Becoil-pad



F. D; HAWKINS.

RECOIL PAD. APPLICATION mu) SEPT. 4. 1919.

Patented Dec. 16,1919. I

Iv y! a mm A TTORNEYS UNITED PATENT QFFEQlld v FRANK D. HAWKINS, FMITCHELL, SOUTH DAKOTA.

RECOIL-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 4, 1919. I Serial No. 321,507.

' of the character specified, adapted to be attached to the stock of agun, to absorb the shock of the explosion, wherein the arrangement issuch that the elements of the pad in absorbing shock, move directlytoward each other and parallel with the axis of the gun, instead oflaterally.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of one end of a un stock havingthe improved pad,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the pad,

Fig. 3 is a plan view looking at the inner face of the pad.

The present embodiment of the invention is shown in connection with thestock 1 of a gun, the improved pad being connected directly to thestock. The improved pad is an integral construction of soft rubbercomprising an inner wall or facing 2 and an outer Wall or facing 2,which are connected at their ends by solid portions 3, and which areconnected intermediate their ends by partitions a which are arranged intruss form between the walls 2 and 2, that is, the partitions a arearranged in two series, the series being inclined at angles ofapproximately to the horizontal, and the parti tions of one series beingat right angles to those of the other series.

Each pair of alternate and intermediate partitions converge at one wall2* or 2, and it will be obvious that when the walls are moved towardeach other by pressure which tends to force them together, the yieldingof the pad will be directly at right angles to the walls 2 and 2, andthese walls do not tend to move laterally with respect to each otherduring the compression of the pad. In fact, it is difficult to move thetwo Walls laterally with respect to each other in any direction, whileat the same time, having moved toward or from each other with sufticientease to thoroughly cushion shock and ]ar.

If for instance, that portion of the wall 2 between any two partitions 4is pressed toward the wall 2, it will be obvious that upward ordownwardly bodily movementoi the wall will be resisted by the adjacentpartitions at to those between which the compression is made.

T he improved pad may be secured to the gun in any usual or desiredmanner, as for instance by cementing the same to a plate of PatentedDec. 16, 19119. V

rubber which has been secured to the stock by nails 6 or the like. Theouter face of the wall 2 may be roughened or corrugated if desired, asis the case with facing pads of such guns.

I claim 1. Arecoil pad for gun stocks, of rubber or the like comprisinga pair of walls spaced apart from each other and integrally connected attheir ends by a solid connection, the walls being connected intermediatetheir ends by a series of transverse partitions, the members oi oneseries extending at approximately right angles to the members of theother series and being alternately arranged with respect to saidmembers, said partitions of the alternate and intermediate seriesconverging at the side walls.

2. A recoil pad for gun stocks of rubber or the like comprising a pairof walls spaced apart from each other, and integrally connected at theirends, the walls being connected intermediate their ends by a series oftransverse partitions, the members of one series extending atapproximately right angles to the members of the other series and beingalternately arranged with respect to said members, said partitions ofthe alternate and intermediate series converging at the side walls.

3. A recoil pad for gun stocks, comprising a wall for attachment to thestock, and a wall spaced apart therefrom and substantially paralleltherewith, and a plurality of series of partitions connecting the walls,the members of one series being alternately arranged with respect to themembers of the other series and converging with the members of the otherseries at their connection with the walls. 7

FRANK D. HAWKINS.

